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Bring Out Your Dead (Part Whatever v2.0)

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There was also a fairly successful radio verson of WOW. Listen to the 23-year old Orson Welles set it up. His voice was truly an instrument.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkgrNGu8y1U

In her hit piece introducing "The Citizen Kane Book," NYT critic Paulene Kael did everything she could to minimize and disparage Welles' contributions to "Kane." She also took a shot at Welles' contributions to the radio broadcast. She claimed his only contribution was having the program done as a series of "breaking news" stories. That of course is the heart of the matter, and the only reason we remember the broadcast today.
 
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Well that takes care of the sports hat trick for this round.

Speaking of War of the Worlds, my father would tell the story of his father going to the roof of their tenement in the Bronx and swearing he could see the battle in NJ.
 
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joecct said:
Speaking of War of the Worlds, my father would tell the story of his father going to the roof of their tenement in the Bronx and swearing he could see the battle in NJ.
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That's great! It sounds like a routine from The Honeymooners. :)
 
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Kepler said:
That's great! It sounds like a routine from The Honeymooners. :)
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Steve Allen used to tell the story of being on the road with his mother and aunt (in Chicago?) in a hotel and going crazy with alarm and fear. At some point, they gathered their belongings together and headed downstairs to make their getaway. Only to discover people sitting around in the lobby reading papers and smoking, without the slightest sense that the "world was coming to an end." Steve's version of what happened that night begins around 2:17.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWR44p4gW4k&feature=related


Welles cleverly made certain the script took its dark turn several minutes in, timed to the end of the Bergen/McCarthy monologue, when he knew there was significant channel changing during the commercial break. The idea was to hook 'em and never let go.
 
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joecct said:
Well that takes care of the sports hat trick for this round.
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Make it four - long time Maple Leafs trainer Bob Haggert. :(

Bob Haggert, a trainer with the Leafs in their glory years of the 1960s and a pioneer in the business of sports licensing, passed away Monday in Toronto.

His son, Bob Jr., said the 76-year-old suffered a heart attack two days earlier.

“He was a big part of the Leafs and instrumental in helping set up such events as the ‘72 Summit Series, the Canada Cup and the establishment of the NHL Players Association,” the younger Haggert said. “He was also a loving husband and father to three children.”

Haggert’s grandmother worked in the restaurant that used to be in the Gardens lobby and helped him get a job as a stick boy with the junior Marlboroughs in 1949. Haggert was part of Marlie teams that won the Allan Cup and Memorial Cup and he remained on the Gardens hockey scene as a trainer from 1952-68. It was Haggert who taped up Bobby Baun’s fractured leg in the 1964 playoffs so the defenceman could get back in the game for an overtime goal against Detroit.

“He was a friend to everyone,” retired Toronto goaltender Johnny Bower said on Tuesday.

Haggert Sr.’s greatest memories were his 10 years with general manager/coach Punch Imlach, though Haggert often had to put up with the latter’s varied superstitions, such as carrying lucky pennies and shamrocks. It was Haggert’s job to store everything from rabbit’s feet to lucky bras that fans sent Imlach.

Before the games, Imlach made sure he and Haggert were the last to leave the room and he would tap the sticks of No. 7 (Tim Horton) and whichever Leaf wore 11. Imlach took Haggert to the movies, where he insisted they sit 11 rows down and seven seats in. If the seat was occupied, Imlach would ask Haggert or assistant King Clancy to get the person to move or just pick another theatre.
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Former Detroit Tiger Jim Northrup. Part of the 1968 World Champs.
 
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Just a quick follow up on the death of James Arness-for those who have never seen it- the movie THEM! is on Turner Classic Movies tonight at 8PM EDT. An old classic horror movie that you really should see at least once.
 
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Leonard Stern, just about the coolest dude in history.

He wrote for The Honeymooners, The Phil Silvers Show, and Get Smart, and co-invented Mad Libs.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
Roy Skelton, voice of the Daleks, has been EX-TER-MI-NATE-D.
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Aww! Looks like the Doctor Who hat trick has been completed for the moment. I remember watching old Doctor Who on WNPE-WNPI in Watertown before it turned to WPBS. I'd watch the show before Hockey Night in Canada would come on. The Daleks were scary as heck. The old adage about hiding behind the couch is true. I'll miss him very much.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
Aww! Looks like the Doctor Who hat trick has been completed for the moment. I remember watching old Doctor Who on WNPE-WNPI in Watertown before it turned to WPBS. I'd watch the show before Hockey Night in Canada would come on. The Daleks were scary as heck. The old adage about hiding behind the couch is true. I'll miss him very much.
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Just run up a flight of stairs :p
 
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Kepler said:
Bitch set me up.
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I pray thee let me and my fellow have
A hair of the dog that bit us last night -
And bitten were we both to the brain aright.
We saw each other drunk in the good ale glass.
 
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Leonard B. Stern, a ________(adj.) _______ (profession) who created Mad Libs, died on Tuesday at his _________ (noun) in Beverly Hills, Calif from ___________ (adj.)
__________ (medical condition). He was 88.
 
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